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Details Title: skull Description: features Total Flash Cards: 54 Created: 09/23/2004 12:40:36	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term foramen magnum Definition "big hole" in occipital bone Term occipital condyles Definition inner notches to keep spinal chord in place Term hypoglossal canals Definition inner side of occiptal. holes surrounding the anterior portion of the foramen magnum. Term wormian bones Definition evident above occiptal bone in younger skulls. Term bregma Definition highest poing on top of skull Term sagittal suture Definition 90 degree angle from the lambdoidal suture. connects the parietal bones Term lambdoidal suture Definition connects the occipital (or wormian if evident) to the parietal bones Term meningeal grooves Definition vein grooves on inner side of parietal Term squamosal suture Definition connects temporal and parietal bones Term superciliary arches Definition under eyebrow Term glabella Definition between eyebrows Term supraorbital notch Definition hole in eyebrow Term coronal suture Definition connects frontal bone to parientals Term orbital plates Definition upper inner eye socket Term squama Definition flat portion of temporal bone Term zygomatic process of temporal Definition connects temporal to the zygomatic bone/cheekbone Term mandibular fossa Definition connects zygomatic process of the temporal to mandible Term external auditory meatus Definition earhole of the temporal bone Term styloid process Definition interior of temporal bone. Pointy part. Term internal acoustic foramen Definition ear hold on inside Term superior orbital fissure Definition upper eyehole in back of sphenoid bone Term lateral pterygoid plates Definition outer plate at the base of greater wings of the sphenoid Term medial pterygoid plates Definition inner plate at the base of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone Term cribiform plate Definition sense of smell/surrounds base of crista galli (interior) Term crista galli Definition proturbence of the ethmoid (interior) Term perpendicular plate Definition center of ethmoid Term anterior nasal spine Definition point at base of nose Term infraorbital canal Definition hole between zygomatic and nose Term canine fossa Definition depression above canine Term zygomatic process Definition cheekbone Term alveolar process Definition end of jaw Term vomer Definition bone in middle of nose / palatine bones Term lacrimal bones Definition behind vomer Term mandible body Definition horizontal portion Term symphysis Definition mandible in two halves at younger age Term mental protruberance Definition chin Term mental foramen Definition hole beneath second pre-molar / in chin Term ramus Definition ascending portion of the mandible Term angle Definition angle of the mandible Term coronoid process Definition portion of mandible which connections into the zygomatic/sphenoid Term condylar process Definition portion of the mandible that connects to the temporal Term mandibular notch Definition depression off of the chin Term ossicles Definition ear bones connected Term malleus Definition "hammer" Term incus Definition "anvil" Term stapes Definition "stirrup" Term how many bones in the ear? Definition three Term ethmoid Definition interior Term lacrimal Definition in front of ethmoid Term vault Definition cavity for brain Term cranium Definition entire skull Term calvarium/calotte Definition top of skull